Supreme Court to rule on bulldozer operation
The Supreme Court will rule on the bulldozing operation today. The Supreme Court can issue guidelines regarding bulldozing operations. Bulldozing action can only be taken by decision. The Supreme Court had banned the bulldozing operation on September 17. The decision will be made at 10:30 am.
The court will rule on a petition filed against the bulldozing operation. Only bulldozing action can be taken based on today’s decision. A bench headed by Justice BR Gavai will deliver the verdict. Petitions against the bulldozing operations have been filed in many states. Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was also among the petitioners.
Court condemns Uttar Pradesh government
Recently, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Uttar Pradesh government while hearing a case related to the bulldozing operation. The court fined the government Rs 25 lakh. The court said any action involving private property should be conducted in accordance with due legal procedures.
What did the Supreme Court say?
The court said, how could we start demolishing other people’s houses like this? This is chaos. The CJI asked the state government lawyer, how many houses have been demolished? Justice JB Pardiwala told the Uttar Pradesh government lawyer that last night your officers destroyed the yellow-marked area for road widening and the next morning you came with bulldozers. Like a takeover, you don’t bring a bulldozer to tear the house down or even give the family time to vacate the house. The expansion is just an excuse, it doesn’t seem to be the reason for the entire exercise.
This decision of the Supreme Court was termed as incomplete justice by the Muslim Personal Law Board. Spokesperson of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board Dr Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas said that if the court considers that the action was taken against a person of a certain community, then a compensation of just Rs 25 lakh is not enough. Action should also be taken against those who do so.
